Zhang Chen believes that as long as Huang Renxun and nVidia maintain an enterprising attitude, nVidia, which is funded by himself, will definitely be able to turn 3dfx into the dust of history.

After all, 3DFX's death is passed down from genes.

If Apple has blazed a trail of topping up its faith in tech products, then 3DFX was Apple's best student in the mid-to-late nineties.

voodoo is obviously not good in the voodoo3 era, and the speed is not even half of nVidia in the voodoo4 period, so it has persisted for more than a year, relying on the faith of voodoo fans.

3DFX fans believe in such devout beliefs that they shouldn't die so quickly, but it really fulfills the old saying, you can't die if you don't die. Since the launch of Voodoo and the opening up of the 3d accelerator card market, 3dfx has been in dead mode.

First, there was infighting between the R&D department and the engineering department, which led to the failure of a new product for a year and a half, and then the complete failure of Voodoo rush, which integrated 2D display functions, due to compatibility issues. With the launch of the epoch-making Voodoo 2, 3dfx reached its peak. Within a few months, 3dfx, which felt that it had been alone, began to abandon all board manufacturers, wanting to monopolize the entire upstream and downstream industry chain by itself, acquired graphics card manufacturer STB, canceled the authorization of all board manufacturers, and pushed all market channels to the side of nVidia. By the time they integrated STB and launched Voodoo3, nVidia had already dominated the world.

Zhang Chen sits on the board of directors of seven of the 28 companies in which Tinder has invested so far, and is also a director of Salomon Smith Barney, the founder and chairman of the board of directors of Matrix, and the chairman of the Cowyce Fund.

Before Sheryl Sandberg joined, Zhang Chen was like a firefighter, busy every day, but he was always unsteady and felt that he had not fulfilled his obligations as an investor. On the one hand, Netart and Matrix occupy too much of Zhang Chen's time, and on the other hand, it is also because Zhang Chen's stall is too big now, and it is difficult to cover everything.

After Cheryl officially went to work, she quickly read all the investment project materials of Tinder, and pulled the founders and management teams of each company to TinderSource to meet and understand the operation status in person. Subsequently, according to the different operating conditions of each enterprise, Zhang Chen was given a schedule. What are the key points that need to be paid attention to in different companies have also been marked, so that Zhang Chen can do it at a glance.

Previously, investment managers such as Milla Rodridge and Markravin reported to Zhang Chen once a month according to the projects they were responsible for. But Zhang Chen's usual things are indeed too much, and it is difficult to cover them all. After Cheryl took office, Zhang Chen suddenly felt that the tracking status of these projects was much clearer, and the assistance work was more targeted.

A good assistant to the CEO is equivalent to half a COO, and of course, the executive level within the company is only half a level lower than that of the COO and other executives.

As for those who usually just serve tea and pour water to wash their feet and warm the bed for the boss, they are called secretaries, not assistants.

"Sorry, I'll answer the phone. Zhang Chen apologized to Jay Walker who came from afar, "Cheryl, you go on." ”

Zhang Chen walked out of the conference room with the phone and looked at the number, Kyoto.

"Zhang Chen, I'm Liu Yunkai. Liu Yunkai's calm voice came from the phone.

Zhang Chen had already guessed that he was calling him, "Director Liu, I haven't seen you for a long time, you should have been busy lately, right?"

Liu Yunkai lowered his voice: "You also know?"

Zhang Chen smiled: "The Quantum Fund and the Tiger Fund alone have hoarded 40 billion Hong Kong dollars, how can I not know such a big move?

Liu Yunkai sighed: "It's decided." ”

Zhang Chen perked up: "What do you say?"

Liu Yunkai had an unspeakable feeling, "The above decided to inject 15 billion US dollars into Hua'an, and as long as international speculators take action, Hua'an will enter the market to save the market." ”

Zhang Chen thought for a while: "The money is a little small, but it should be no problem if you operate it properly, this is a good thing, why are you so angry?"

Liu Yunkai pondered for a long time: "Comrade Huang Zhan has been sent to take over Hua'an, and he will be fully responsible for the overall work of Hua'an, including the rescue operation in Xiangjiang." ”

Liu Yunkai saw that Zhang Chen didn't speak for a long time, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Yang still fights for you, but after all, the stakes are high, you are still too young, and the resistance above is relatively large." However, Huaan still left you a special adviser position... ”

Zhang Chen suddenly sneered: "Director Liu, do you think the position of this special adviser is interesting?"

Liu Yunkai was embarrassed for a long time: "Comrade Huang Zhan means that after all, tens of billions of dollars are at stake。。。。。。 ”

Zhang Chen interrupted Liu Yunkai: "Liu Si, I don't care who will take over Hua'an, I also said before, I proposed that I come to operate this plan, not to get involved in Hua'an, but to think that I am more sure of trading." I can understand the above concerns, so let this matter be so that there is no need to mention any special advisers. ”

Liu Yunkai pondered again and again: "Uh... That's right, the trading model you mentioned last time at the meeting to deal with three-dimensional speculation is quite innovative... Huang Zhan told me that since you have this patriotic enthusiasm, it is not good to chill your heart, they still want to take a look at your model, the ruler is short, the inch is long, and they can also learn from it. ”

Zhang Chen was furious in his heart, and couldn't help sneering: "Model? Hehe, Director Liu, do you know how much money I spent to make this model? Do you know how much money this model can make me? He wanted to take it away as soon as Huang Zhan touched his mouth?"

Liu Yunkai was silent for a long time: "Zhang Chen, don't get excited, you also know that Mr. Yang and I are also under a lot of pressure, and I also know that Huang Zhan's matter is a bit too much, since you are not willing to take out the model, I will report to Mr. Yang and push this matter away." ”

Zhang Chen opened his mouth and said, "Brother Liu, who is this Huang Zhan from Huang Qian and Huang Lao?"

Liu Yunkai didn't speak, Zhang Chen sneered twice: "Okay, I understand, I can give him this model." ”

Liu Yunkai was stunned for a moment, but heard Zhang Chen continue: "But I have one condition. ”

Liu Yunkai hurriedly said: "What conditions?"

Zhang Chen sneered: "The trading model is not the same for everyone, in my hands, I am confident that I can rely on it to beat international speculators, but not necessarily." Let him be sure to find someone to analyze the model well, and don't complain to the above about falling into the trap of foreign hostile forces after losing money in the future. ”

Liu Yunkai breathed a sigh of relief: "No, no." How is that possible. ”

Zhang Chen asked rhetorically: "Do you really think it's impossible?"

Liu Yunkai was speechless for a while, he knew in his heart that if he really lost money at that time, Huang Zhan would definitely bite whoever he could bite.

Zhang Chen continued: "It's okay to serve the country, but don't look for me with the black pot, let Huaan sign an agreement with me, this model is for reference only, if you lose money because of this, it has nothing to do with me." ”

Liu Yunkai sighed: "Why are you doing this... Take a step back and open the sky... ”

Zhang Chen snorted: "I've already taken more than one step back, Brother Liu, if this still doesn't work, then forget it, you shouldn't have called me before." ”

Liu Yunkai sighed for a long time, "Alas, okay, I'll pass on the word to you." Brother, I still want to advise you, Huang Zhan is not easy to mess with, after Huang Lao died, their old lady loved this little son the most, some old comrades also took better care of Huang Lao's affection, Huang Zhan was a student sent abroad by the public in the eighties, and his personality was a little domineering, and his forbearance was over, and you didn't have any actual losses... ”

Zhang Chen interrupted Liu Yunkai: "Brother Liu, you can bring my words directly to him." ”

Liu Yunkai secretly sighed, Zhang Chen was too young and vigorous, offended Huang Zhan, unless he did not return to China for development in the future, there must be no good fruit to eat. What can you do if you have money? Unless you really become the richest man in China, in the top 10 in Asia, let alone making a lot of money in China, it may be very difficult to gain a foothold.

Thinking of this, Liu Yun thought happily, and suddenly remembered the girl surnamed Tang that he saw on Zhang Chen's plane that day. Soup... Yuehai... Tang Liansong?

Hey, Liu Yunkai secretly inhaled to himself, if there was the Song family behind, Zhang Chen might indeed not be afraid of Huang Zhan, but the two seemed to be just boyfriend and girlfriend, besides, could the Song family agree?

Liu Yun happily turned countless thoughts and decided not to tell Huang Zhan about it.

Zhang Chen may not be the richest man in Asia, but if he has the support of the Song family, even if he doesn't need Song Zhaoming's contribution, he is afraid that Huang Zhan will have to touch his nose.

Hanging up the phone, Liu Yunkai flipped through the phone book and dialed a number from Xiangjiang.

Although the Heung Kong Golf Club in Deep Water Bay has only nine holes, it is the largest golf club in Hong Kong, and tycoons such as Li Chaoren and Zheng Yutong often come to play. But today, there aren't many people on the fairway, just six or seven people.

"Director Liu, what's the matter? I'm playing. A middle-aged man who looked to be in his thirties picked up the phone.

"Mr. Huang, it's me, hehe, yes. Fortunately, Zhang Chen agreed to hand over the transaction model to Hua'an. Liu Yunkai smiled and grinned, and his mother sold criticism in his heart, Huang Zhan was half a level worse than him in terms of level, but he could hear it from his attitude of speaking, and he never took himself seriously.

Huang Zhan didn't hold the phone in his hand, but his secretary took the phone and put it to his ear, Huang Zhan put his hand on the pergola and looked at the green flag in the distance, posed, and said absentmindedly: "Oh, that's it, count him as acquaintances, let's do this first, don't talk about it." ”

Liu Yunkai hurriedly said: "Wait, there is another matter." ”

Huang Zhan was a little impatient, if he put it on others, he would have scolded him a long time ago, but after all, Liu Yunkai was Yang Zhuping's cronies, so he didn't want to be too offended, so he still said patiently: "Tell me something quickly! I'm really busy here." ”

Liu Yun snorted happily, and still said with a pleasant face: "That's the case, the other party proposed it, and the position of the special adviser is gone." ”

Huang Zhan was stunned for a moment, and then said twice: "Love or not, don't pull it down." Even if he doesn't want this position, he has to hand over the trading model. ”

Liu Yunkai said with a smile: "It's no problem to give the transaction model to Huaan for free, but they have to sign an agreement with Huaan, this model is for reference only, if Huaan uses the advice provided by this model to trade, it has no responsibility with Zhang Chen personally and all the companies under his name." ”

When Huang Zhan heard this, he changed color, his posture stopped posing, and he took the mobile phone from the secretary's hand: "Fuck him, grandma! What does this stupid b mean? I'm tired of life, right? I think I can't cure him if he's abroad? Shame on him, isn't it?"

Liu Yunkai said slowly: "That's not what I said, the other party's worries are also reasonable, after all, the power to operate is not in the hands of the other party, and if something goes wrong, no one wants to take this responsibility." If you don't agree, I'll report to the boss, so don't make a misunderstanding. ”

Huang Zhan's face was cloudy, the reason why he asked Zhang Chen for this trading model through Liu Yunkai and let Zhang Chen serve as a special consultant was that on the one hand, he did have the idea of putting all the responsibility on Zhang Chen in case of losses. On the other hand, although he has been arrogant since he was a child, he has also drunk foreign ink after all, and knows how useful an effective trading model is in this level of warfare.

The opponents are the Quantum Fund and the Tiger Fund!

If he didn't have an excellent trading model, even if he was given $15 billion to run this operation, he would not be confident that he would really be able to defeat international speculators, let alone make money by taking advantage of the fire, and winning with less losses.

He grabbed this position also because Director Lu of the Exchange Center of the Ministry of Commerce, who spoke at the meeting that day, was a protégé of the old man of their family. Director Lu used to be a teacher at the University of International Business and Economics and has certain academic skills. After reading Zhang Chen's plan, he intuitively felt that this was an opportunity, so he encouraged Huang Zhan to dredge up the relationship and fight for this position.

Tens of billions of dollars in sovereign funds, equivalent to one-sixth of China's foreign exchange reserves, as long as they can repel international speculators as planned, Huang Zhan will surely have a prosperous official fortune and completely open up the upward channel. Director Lu himself can also follow the chicken dog to heaven.

So Huang Zhan used all the strength of his family and finally got this position. However, after a careful study of Zhang Chen's plan, I found that the most critical part of the operation was vague, and the trading model used in the meeting to simulate the attack and defense was not mentioned a word.

At first, Huang Zhan still found several well-known financial experts in China to help formulate a trading model, but there were always problems with the things made, and it was difficult to achieve the effect of the day's simulation.

Combining the trading models designed by Jiang Ping, Michael Barry, Xu Youyu and other geniuses, it is irresponsible to say that in China in the 90s, even in the United States, there were few people who could make similar things.

Huang Zhan then moved his mind and wanted Zhang Chen to hand over this trading model.

Still have to focus on big things, Huang Zhan suppressed his anger, "What if Hua'an doesn't sign an agreement with him?"

Liu Yunkai laughed twice: "The conditions proposed by the other party are reasonable, if Mr. Huang disagrees, the other party will have a reason to refuse." ”

Huang Zhan's chest rose and fell twice, swallowed back the dirty words that had reached his mouth, gritted his teeth and said: "Since Director Liu has said so, I will give you this face, but if I find out that he is doing things in the model, don't blame me for being rude!"

With a snap, Huang Zhan hung up the phone. The short and fat middle-aged man next to him flashed his eyes: "Mr. Huang is really domineering, who is so blind and dares to talk to Mr. Huang about conditions?"

Huang Zhan snorted coldly: "A hairy boy, after making some money, he doesn't know how old he is." Mr. Liu, you can start this ball first. ”

The middle-aged man who played with Huang Zhan was none other than Liu Yuci, chairman of the board of directors of Huaren Real Estate.

(End of chapter)